Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.18.73
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionWonderful Results Are Secondary to Devotion
“My dear mother, when I saw that all forty-nine sons were alive, I was certainly struck with wonder. I decided that this was a secondary result of your having regularly executed devotional service in worship of Lord Viṣṇu.”
What the purport teaches
- Indra was struck with wonder when he saw all forty-nine sons alive. He understood their survival as a secondary result of Diti’s regular devotional worship of Lord Viṣṇu.
- Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the master of all mystic yoga. He can do anything and everything He likes.
- For one who pleases the Supreme Lord, no achievement is wonderful. Such possibilities rest on the Lord’s omnipotence.
Try this today
During your worship today, focus on pleasing the Lord rather than asking for an extraordinary result.
Ask yourself
Do I value pleasing the Lord more than receiving wonderful results?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.